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Claudine Y. Kawabata, O.D.
Biography
Dr. Kawabata hails from the 50th state of Hawaii. She was born in Honolulu and raised in Pearl City on the island of
Oahu. Dr. Kawabata gained her interest in eye care through her need for glasses since the first grade and through her
maternal grandmother's frequent trips from the outer island of Kauai to see the glaucoma specialist on Oahu.
Upon her graduation from high school, Dr. Kawabata went on to attend the University of Hawaii then transferred
to Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon and completed a B.A. in business administration. She subsequently went on
to the Pacific University College of Optometry and completed the program in 1993. At that time, Dr. Kawabata had a
strong interest in contact lenses and went on to do a residency in contact lens research at CIBA Vision in Duluth,
Georgia. During that same year, she had the opportunity to do a mission to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico with the
Amigos group which is a non-profit organization affiliated with Pacific University providing eye care to indigenous
peoples of Central America.
Thereafter, Dr. Kawabata returned to Hawaii to work in private practice but relocated to New England in 1999
upon marriage to her long time Massachusetts suitor. During her first year in Massachusetts, she decided to do another
residency in ocular disease to get further training and to remain independent in her transition to this new state. Dr.
Kawabata was extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to do a VAMC Hospital based residency. She did this at the
Brockton and West Roxbury sites, where the focus was primary eye care and geriatric optometry, rotations in pre and
post-op management of cataract surgery and LASIK, and precepting students in clinic and labs.
Dr. Kawabata was asked to join Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston and Dr. Shingleton's team in September 2000 and
was proud to do so as she feels she is affiliated with some of the finest physicians and optometrists in eye care.
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Education:
Brockton/West Roxbury VAMC Hospital Based Residency, 1999 2000
CIBA Vision Research Clinic Contact Lens Residency, 1993 1994
Pacific University College of Optometry, 1989 1993
Pacific University 1987 1989, B.A. Business Administration
University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1985 1987
Pearl City High School, 1981 1985
Practice:
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, 2000
Consulting for Dr. Stan Sato and Dr. Marvin Baum, Kunia and Honolulu, HI, 1997 - 1999
Ala Moana Optometric Boutique, Honolulu, HI 1994 - 1997
Awards/Associations:
American Optometric Association
Beta Sigma Kappa International Optometric Honor Fraternity
Hawaii WICHE Scholarship, 1989 1993
Phi Theta Upsilon Service Organization
United Stated Achievement Academy for Foreign Language
All State McDonalds Hula Bowl Band
Community Service:
Pearl City Community Association Board of Directors, 1996 1998
Co-Walk Director for the Pearl City First Annual Fun Run, 1997
Gift of Sight, 1998 and 1999
Speaker at the State of Hawaii Senior Companion Program on Eye Diseases of the Elderly, 1995 1998
AMIGOS mission, 1994
YMCA Project Aikane (Help) , 1986 1987
Avocational Interests:
Spending time with her husband and 2 daughters
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